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Home New Hampshire Sullivan County Goshen Historical Markers Capt. John W. Gunnison
     

Capt. John W. Gunnison

40 Mill Village Rd N, Goshen, NH 3752 , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 43° 18' 7.344", -72° 8' 57.588"
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Born November 11, 1812, in Old Center Goshen, this rugged individualist attended Hopkinton (N.H.) Academy and taught school in a nearby log cabin before graduating from West Point in 1837. Following army service his talents as a surveyor and map maker took him to the midwest to explore the Great Lakes; thence on an expedition to the Mormon settlement in Utah where he explored the Salt Lake, studied the Mormon faith, and published a History of the Mormons. In 1853 he was chosen to command an expedition from St. Louis through Colorado and Utah to survey and map land for the Pacific Railroad which would connect the est with the west; his tragic death by bow and arrow occurred in October of that year.



Last updated: 9/21/2011 11:05
 
   
 
 
Capt. John W. Gunnison Historical Marker Location Map, Goshen, New Hampshire